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Railways, roads & transport, 1943

4,054 stories in Sydney's papers · page 4 of 203

Travel Talks. Part Viii. the Great Trunk Road

The Propeller · Thursday 7 January 1943 · page 3

During my stay at the Central Y.M.C.A.,Calcutta, I purchased a small motor car from a friend, for thirty pounds. I thought it…

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Axis Nationals Work To Defeat U-Boats Brazil's New Road

Daily Mirror · Thursday 7 January 1943 · page 6

RIO DE JANEIRO.-- German and Italian nationals are helping to build Brazil's new 2000 miles highway and railway…

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Axis Nationals Work To Defeat U-Boats Brazil's New Road

Daily Mirror · Thursday 7 January 1943 · page 6

RIO DE JANEIRO.-- German and Italian nationals are helping to build Brazil's new 2000 miles highway and railway…

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Motors & Motoring Producer Gas Notes

The Farmer and Settler · Thursday 7 January 1943 · page 6

WHERE difficulty is experienced in securing the underside of an asbestos joint on the producer gas unit, the N.R.M.A. engineers advise the use of…

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Wide Raids in Burma Railways and Boats Hit

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 7 January 1943 · page 5

LONDON, Jan. 6 (A.A.P.).— The R.A.F. carried out widespread raids over Burma on Monday and Tuesday. They…

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Vast Soviet Trap for Germans in Caucasus Drive For Railways

Daily Mirror · Thursday 7 January 1943 · page 1

LONDON, Thursday.-- The Red Army is welding a vast steel trap for Hitler's forces in the Caucasus. The B.B.C. says that the Russian…

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Vast Soviet Trap for Germans in Caucasus Drive For Railways

Daily Mirror · Thursday 7 January 1943 · page 1

LONDON, Thursday.-- The Red Army is welding a vast steel trap for Hitler's forces in the Coucasus. The B.B.C. says that the Russian…

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Liverpool Railway Station

The Biz · Thursday 7 January 1943 · page 3

The Minister for Transport informed Liverpool Council, at its meeting on Tuesday evening, that additional footbildges would be provided between…

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Third Party Insurance Motor Vehicles Act

The Biz · Thursday 7 January 1943 · page 2

The Minister for Transport, Mr. O'Sullivan, has announced that a proclamation was gazetted on December 24, 1942 fixing February 1, 1943, as the date of…

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Congestion at Fairfield Railway Station

The Biz · Thursday 7 January 1943 · page 3

Replying to Fairfield Council's request for provision to overcome the congestion at Fairfield railway, station, the Railway Department stated that platform…

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Allawah Traffic Bridge

The St George Call · Friday 8 January 1943 · page 1

Mr. M. O’Sullivan, Minister for Transport, has informed Mr. W. M. Currey, Esq., V.C., M.L.A. as follows: “I am writing to acknowledge your…

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Official Of Death Train Drowned

Daily Mirror · Friday 8 January 1943 · page 2

OTTAWA, Friday.-- John Howard, conductor train which crashed into a passenger train at Almonte station…

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Official Of Death Train Drowned

Daily Mirror · Friday 8 January 1943 · page 2

OTTAWA, Friday.-- John Howard, conductor of a train which crashed into a passenger train at Almonte station…

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Official Of Death Train Drowned

Daily Mirror · Friday 8 January 1943 · page 2

OTTAWA, Friday. -- John Howard, conductor of a train which crashed into a passenger train at Almonte station…

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Official Of Death Train Drowned

Daily Mirror · Friday 8 January 1943 · page 2

OTTAWA, Friday.-- John Howard, conductor of a train which crashed into a passenger train at Almonte station…

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Official Of Death Train Drowned

Daily Mirror · Friday 8 January 1943 · page 2

OTTAWA, Friday.-- John Howard, conductor of a train which crashed into a passenger train at Almonte station…

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Katoomba Woman Killed by Motor Bus

Daily Mirror · Friday 8 January 1943 · page 7

LITHGOW, Friday.--Knocked down and run over by a bus, Mrs. V. A. Wilkinson, Walgett Street, Katoomba, was killed in Ordnance…

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The Lost Road

The Methodist · Saturday 9 January 1943 · page 11

"Now look here," said Jon uncomfortable, really alarmed by the appearance of Sunny, "take things easy, will you? Don't look like that!"…

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New Road Plans for Britain

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 9 January 1943 · page 10

LONDON, Jan. 8.—Proposals for the building of high-speed motor roads throughout Britain are included in the latest post-war plans…

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Pleasure Motoring Banned

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 9 January 1943 · page 10

WASHINGTON, Jan. 8. (A.A.P.).— The Price Administrator. Mr. Leon Henderson, has banned a11 pleasure and non-essential motoring in the 17…

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